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Out of state electric crews begin staging in the Piper Aircraft parking lot Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at the Vero Beach Regional Airport in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian. The storm, now a Category 5 storm, is expected to bring damaging wind, flooding and coastal erosion to the Treasure Coast. PATRICK DOVE/TCPALM

Out of state electric crews begin staging in the Piper Aircraft parking lot Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at the Vero Beach Regional Airport in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian. The storm, now a Category 5 storm, is expected to bring damaging wind, flooding and coastal erosion to the Treasure Coast. PATRICK DOVE/TCPALM

Out of state electric crews begin staging in the Piper Aircraft parking lot Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at the Vero Beach Regional Airport in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian. The storm, now a Category 5 storm, is expected to bring damaging wind, flooding and coastal erosion to the Treasure Coast. PATRICK DOVE/TCPALM

Out of state electric crews begin staging in the Piper Aircraft parking lot Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at the Vero Beach Regional Airport in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian. The storm, now a Category 5 storm, is expected to bring damaging wind, flooding and coastal erosion to the Treasure Coast. PATRICK DOVE/TCPALM

Out of state electric crews begin staging in the Piper Aircraft parking lot Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at the Vero Beach Regional Airport in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian. The storm, now a Category 5 storm, is expected to bring damaging wind, flooding and coastal erosion to the Treasure Coast. PATRICK DOVE/TCPALM

Out of state electric crews begin staging in the Piper Aircraft parking lot Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at the Vero Beach Regional Airport in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian. The storm, now a Category 5 storm, is expected to bring damaging wind, flooding and coastal erosion to the Treasure Coast. PATRICK DOVE/TCPALM

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Martin County Sheriff's Office Deputy Tyler Ludlow (left) informs Dennis Raczynski about the mandatory evacuation order for his neighborhood in Palm City on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, in advance of Hurricane Dorian. XAVIER MASCAREÑAS/TCPALM

Martin County Sheriff's Office Deputy Tyler Ludlow informs Steve Svopa, who was just moving into his new house in Lighthouse Point, about the mandatory evacuation order for his neighborhood Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, in advance of Hurricane Dorian. "I haven't waited in a line to get gas yet," Svopa said, acknowledging his good fortune. "I think the lull kind of helped," Deputy Ludlow added. XAVIER MASCAREÑAS/TCPALM

Sailfish Point resident Cathy Gerzina (left) and Martin County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Tyler Ludlow wait for a MCSO vehicle, announcing mandatory evacuation orders over loudspeaker, to pass Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, as people prepare for Hurricane Dorian. "The evacuation was off, everything was great — we went to church, we went to lunch afterwards," Gerzina said, adding that they later got a call from family telling them about the new evacuation orders. XAVIER MASCAREÑAS/TCPALM

Martin County Sheriff's Office Deputy Tyler Ludlow (right) informs James Russell, helping his in-laws at their house, about the mandatory evacuation order for his neighborhood in Palm City on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, in advance of Hurricane Dorian. XAVIER MASCAREÑAS/TCPALM

Sailfish Point resident Cathy Gerzina (left) talks with Martin County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Tyler Ludlow about the mandatory evacuation orders in her neighborhood Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, as she prepares for Hurricane Dorian. "The evacuation was off, everything was great — we went to church, we went to lunch afterwards," she said, adding that they later got a call from family telling them about the new evacuation orders. XAVIER MASCAREÑAS/TCPALM

Martin County Sheriff's Office Deputy Tyler Ludlow informs Steve Svopa, who was just moving into his new house in Lighthouse Point, about the mandatory evacuation order for his neighborhood Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, in advance of Hurricane Dorian. "I haven't waited in a line to get gas yet," Svopa said, acknowledging his good fortune. "I think the lull kind of helped," Deputy Ludlow added. XAVIER MASCAREÑAS/TCPALM

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Because Martin County officials say they're seeing too many people on the beaches sight-seeing instead of evacuating away from the incoming storm, both causeways were closed to the general public around 11 a.m.

Martin County Sheriff William Snyder closed the causeways in Stuart and Jensen Beach, according to County Administrator Taryn Kryzda.

“Unless you live on the island, you cannot have access to the island,” she said. “We had too many people going to the beaches.”